Cloud Power your Android Apps (Cloud Developer Roadshow 2014)

In this deck we look at how to Cloud enable your Android applications through simple creation of a Cloud Backend. We also show how to extend your apps to support Android Wear. This deck was delivered during the Google Cloud Platform Developer Roadshow events in 2014.

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1. Cloud Power your Android
   Apps: Quick and Easy
   Google Cloud Platform Developer Roadshow - 2014
   

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2. Agenda
   Mobile applications need scalable back ends
   Using Cloud Backends
   Consuming Backends in an Android App
   Extending your App to your wrist with Android Wear
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3. Mobile Applications need
   Scalable Backends
   

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4. Cloud
   Backend
   Isolated from outside world 83%
   63%
   

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5. Make applications more engaging
   Off-device data, multi-device interactions
   

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6. Want to focus on your code
   Don't worry about load balancer configurations, CDNs, scaling...
   

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7. Google Cloud
   Endpoints
   Build Powerful Backends with APIs - Easily
   

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8. Use familiar tools
   Android Studio + Java
   

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9. Start effortlessly
   Auto-generated, mobile-optimized client libraries for your API
   

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10. Scale automatically
    Google App Engine’s auto-scaling and high-availability
    

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11. Using Cloud Backends
    

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12. Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Backend running on Google App
    Engine instances
    Client
    libraries
    for your
    backend
    Cloud Endpoints Architecture
    

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13. Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Backend running on Google App
    Engine instances
    Client
    libraries
    for your
    backend
    Cloud Endpoints Architecture
    

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14. @Api(name = "myApi", version = "v1")
    public class MyEndpoint {
    /** A simple Endpoint that takes a name and says "Hi" back */
    @ApiMethod(name = "sayHi")
    public MyBean sayHi(String name) {
    MyBean response = new MyBean();
    response.setData("Hi, " + name);
    return response;
    }
    }
    MyEndpoint.java
    

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15. @Api(name = "myApi", version = "v1")
    public class MyEndpoint {
    /** A simple Endpoint that takes a name and says "Hi" back */
    @ApiMethod(name = "sayHi")
    public MyBean sayHi(String name) {
    MyBean response = new MyBean();
    response.setData("Hi, " + name);
    return response;
    }
    }
    MyEndpoint.java
    

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16. @Api(name = "myApi", version = "v1")
    public class MyEndpoint {
    /** A simple Endpoint that takes a name and says "Hi" back */
    @ApiMethod(name = "sayHi")
    public MyBean sayHi(String name) {
    MyBean response = new MyBean();
    response.setData("Hi, " + name);
    return response;
    }
    }
    MyEndpoint.java
    

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17. Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Backend running on Google App
    Engine instances
    Client
    libraries
    for your
    backend
    Cloud Endpoints Architecture
    

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18. Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Backend running on Google App
    Engine instances
    Client
    libraries
    for your
    backend
    Cloud Endpoints Architecture
    

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19. Demo
    

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20. Consuming Backends in an
    Android App
    

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21. Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Backend running on Google App
    Engine instances
    Client
    libraries
    for your
    backend
    Cloud Endpoints Architecture
    

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22. Client libraries tailored for your backend
    

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23. Don't worry about "plumbing"
    Object serialization/deserialization, compression,
    SSL support; client library generation
    Networking, battery life, information security
    

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24. Scale unlimitedly as your needs grow
    Free to get started, has full power of Google App Engine:
    autoscaling, high-availability, multiple storage options.
    Speed and reliability
    

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25. Demo
    

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26. http://developer.android.com/design/media/wear/clear_bold_type.jpg
    Extending your App for
    Wearables
    

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27. Android Wear
    Apps and Notifications on your Wrist
    

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28. Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Mobile Backend Running on
    Google App Engine Instances
    Backend running on Google App
    Engine instances
    Client
    libraries
    for your
    backend
    Cloud Endpoints Architecture
    

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29. Demo
    

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30. Recap
    Mobile applications need scalable back ends
    Using Cloud Backends
    Consuming Backends in an Android App
    Extending your App to your wrist with Android Wear
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31. End
    

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